[BRAZIL 2014] Jurgen Klinsmann says he doesn't have a good feeling about Algerian referee Djamel Haimoudi, chosen by FIFA to officiate Tuesday's USA-Belgium game in Salvador, but gives it "the benefit of the doubt." Read the whole story

[BRAZIL 2014] Four years ago, France went home winless and disgraced after a player mutiny. Now, it is headed to the quarterfinals at the 2014 World Cup after a 2-0 win over Nigeria. Young Paul Pogba, who scored the winning goal, was left speechless by the win and support from ... Read the whole story

[BRAZIL 2014] Luis Suarez finally fessed up. Seven days after biting Giorgio Chiellini, he offered an apology to the Italy defender "and the entire football family" for the incident that resulted in his suspension for the World Cup and a four-month worldwide ban. Suarez issued his apology via Twitter, and ... Read the whole story

[VIDEO PICK: Off the Post] Brazilian soccer legend Pele celebrated Brazil's penalty-kick shootout win over Chile with his family. The three-time world champion joked that he almost had a heart attack, even with his "three hearts," out of fear of an early exit by the host. Read the whole story

[SOCCER ON THE AIR] Sunday's Netherlands-Mexico game averaged a 4.0 rating and 6,571,000 viewers and Costa Rica-Greece averaged a 3.9 rating and 6,388,000 viewers, making them the highest-rated World Cup matches ever in any round not involving the United States on ESPN or ESPN2. Read the whole story

[AMERICANS ABROAD] Austrian club Rapid Vienna confirmed the transfer of U.S. international Terrence Boyd, a late cut for the USA's World Cup team, to German second division club Red Bull Leipzig. Meanwhile, Joe Gyau is joining Borussia Dortmund's under-23 team, Boyd's former team, from Hoffenheim for which he debuted in ... Read the whole story

[BRAZIL 2014] The 2014 World Cup finished with 171 goals, tied for the most in tournament history along with the 1998 World Cup, the first 32-team final. The average of 2.67 goals per game still ranks only tied for 13th out of the 20 finals. After averaging 2.83 goals per ... Read the whole story

"He's telling us to change our flights to July 14-15 because we're going to be here until the very end. So that just speaks volumes of how positive he is, how much he believes in this team and
obviously it trickles down to all of us. " -- U.S. defender defender Omar Gonzalez says Coach Jurgen Klinsmann told his squad to change the dates of
their flights home until after the July 13 final. (BBC) ...More